Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish magistrate seeking the extradition of General Pinochet from England, has collected more than 1,500 pages of evidence from the archives.

Judge Baltasar Garzon, the Spanish magistrate responsible for the general's arrest, would probably apply to the high court for a judicial review and demand a medical examination, too.

General Pinochet was arrested two weeks ago at the request of a Spanish magistrate while he was on a medical visit to Britain.

Thus the ruling ends a long struggle between Spain's conservative Government and two independent Spanish magistrates.

The report also became an important tool used by a Spanish magistrate, Baltasar Garzon, in his efforts to prosecute General Pinochet in Spain.

The Spanish magistrate of Ibarra could not accept the notion that a native could read and write, or write knowledgeably about history.

Battling to the end, the Spanish magistrate who first ordered Gen Pinochet's arrest, made a last-ditch attempt to stop him leaving Britain.

The second type of revolt resulted from what might be called the violation of the moral polity of the colonial regime, when Spanish magistrates interfered with indigenous political practices.

The Spanish magistrate initiated an investigation into torture at Guantanamo.

The Spanish magistrate in charge of investigating the death of the well-known entrepreneur announced today that she had closed the case after concluding that there was no crime involved.